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It is true that you have an intention of going to parliament to seek support for wider airstrikes?

David Cameron.

1.

On Saturday, you welcomed a UN resolution asking nations to "combat by all means" the IS threat. What are your plans for the nearest future?

- Well, actually, I am due to meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Monday. We will discuss ways of co-operating on counter-terrorism and the fight against IS.

This case for extending those strikes to Syria had been strengthened by last week's Paris terror attacks. I promise to set out a "full-spectrum" strategy, including military, counter-terrorism and humanitarian actions.

2.

Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he would back parts of the Syrian opposition with air support in a joint fight against Islamic State in northern Syria. Such an offer is potentially the biggest military breakthrough in Syria for some months, and allied with the pressure being applied to Isis in Iraq, could start to change the military equation in Syria. What is your attitude towards the policy of Russia?

- We think bombing the Syrian Free Army – that can play a part and should play a part in the future of Syria – is a mistake. I made that view absolutely clear to President Putin; there are some signs, some signs, that they are focusing on Isil (ISIS) and we need to see if that continues.

Everyone recognizes there is a need to reach a compromise. The gap has been enormous between those, like us, who say President Assad must go immediately and those who continue to support him.

It is not as if there has been a British pride or stubbornness, an American stubbornness or a Saudi stubbornness. This is for the Syrian people. If you barrel-bomb your own nation and rain down destruction on your own people, it’s obvious that they won’t accept him as their leader.

Do you have some differences in the views on Syria with the Russia president? Do you consider it possible to cooperate with Russia in such a question?

- The gap between Britain and Russia over the future political role of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, has narrowed and now we are planning to deepen our cooperation in Syria. I hope we can close the gap , that’s why we need to meet the other side on the middle ground of negotiated compromise. It is perfectly clear for Mr. Putin and me that a few extra bombs and missiles won’t transform the situation. Our plan has always been that we need a political transition in Syria, as well as degrading and destroying Isis in Syria.

 

 

It is true that you have an intention of going to parliament to seek support for wider airstrikes?

- Yes, definitely. Unfortunately, I have failed to convince some MPs, including the Labour frontbench and some Tory backbenchers, that I have a political plan for the future of Syria that goes further than destroying Isis in the country’s north and leaving Assad in place.

I think there is a very strong case that Isil (ISIS) does not stop at the Iraq-Syrian border and therefore neither should we. It is of critical importance for me to do more to build this argument, to build this case, to take parliament with me and people want to know there is a whole plan for the future of Syria and the whole region because it is perfectly right to say that a few extra bombs and missiles cannot transform the whole situation. The faster Isis was degraded, the safer western nations would be, but the only way to be safe in the longer term was to ensure a proper Syrian government.



With what political leaders are you going to talk about the cooperation in Syria? Are you going to meet the other sides on the middle ground of negotiated compromise or to conduct your own policy?

- I due to hold an unscheduled extra meeting with UK allies on Syria on the fringes of the summit to discuss the state of the peace process. I also due to meet King Salman of Saudi Arabia, one of the countries calling for Assad to be deposed. It is absolutely true that this kind of question is of mutual interest for us and our allies.

I have said Assad should go immediately and we have come to recognize there is a transition. We have never argued that the right answer is take away all the elements of the Syrian state. We have came to the conclusion that what is required here, is a future for Syria that is stable and can work and that requires some elements of the state to continue.

 

Your meeting with the Indian leader Narendra Modi has evoked a lot of criticism in the masses, because the relations between our countries were really very tense. Do you see any perspectives in the cooperation with India?

- I would go as far as to say that I am pleased to welcome prime minister Modi here. He comes with an enormous mandate from the people of India, who made him prime minister with a record and historic majority. I see this is as a modern, dynamic partnership. It is probably true that for years, the relationship between Britain and India were brought to the crisis point. I think sometimes in recent years it’s been imprisoned by misconceptions that trade with India is simply about outsourcing. Look at the relationship today ... One of the most successful car manufacturers in Britain is a combination of Indian capital and British design and manufacturing expertise – Jaguar Land Rover. I am absolutely sure that India would be an ally for us. Now we are planning to preserve and expand our economic relations and thus to ease tensions between our countries.

 

 

 


Date: 2015-12-17; view: 742


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